Matthew Gillett wrote:
>I just picked up the season program for the Queensland Orchestra and am
>about ten pages in. I noticed a concert with a Nikolai Znaider performing
>the Sibelius concerto and thought that I recognised the name. Looking back
>in my deleted mail (and the subsequent ones on this thread) I read that
>Janos Gereben was quite taken by this mans playing. He will be here in
>August next year so I will go have listen and see what all the fuss is
>about. I only hope that if I'm no longer in Brisbane by that time that
>he is touring elsewhere in Australia. Anybody out there know if he is?
I did have the chance to hear him about some 2 years ago. He played
Bruch concerto in G minor for both evenings. For encores, we were treated
to Ysaye's Ballade and Kriesler Recitativo & scherzo. I was totally blown
away. This violinist is sensational! Orchestra members who had performed
with him mentioned that right from rehearsals to performances, he
maintained as a master of the instrument. He emerged as the winner
of the Queen Elizabeth International Competition a few years back.
"Yaw Chang Hong" <[log in to unmask]>